Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
by Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature on-the-road coverage of the 2020 campaign and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of the politics news of the week. Join Katie and Aaron as they examine important stories that have slipped through the cracks and what the media got wrong – and laugh about whatever is left to laugh about. www.usefulidiotspodcast.com
Episodes
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BOMBSHELL AT THE CIRCUS: Haley Stevens Jumps Ship for MAGA Mike Rogers Against Abdul El-Sayed
Watch our interview with Dr. Gabor Maté and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: CNN is working for Mike Rogers and Israel. Support independent media to stop them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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CNN Gives It’s Final Stump for MAGA Mike Rogers to Defeat Progressive Abdul El-Sayed
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Beat CNN. Subscribe to Useful Idiots. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Democrats MELT DOWN Over Trump’s Deal with Putin, Become “War Party”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here: Subscribers get Katie and Aaron’s weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media, the Friday Free-for-All: Let’s take a...
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“UNDER THE KAMALA HARRIS REGIME IRAN WOULD HAVE NUKED AMERICA” and other insane things said on corporate media this Sunday
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Useful Idiots needs your help to break the corporate media information siege This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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MAGA Splits in Two After Trump Makes Diesel Deal with Putin: “You’re Tarnishing Lindsey Graham’s Memory!”
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Useful Idiots is supported by people, not corporations. Help us stay running by subscribing here! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Israeli App EXPOSED: "It activates your camera and can view every piece of data on your phone"
Watch and share our full, unpaywalled interview with Muhammad Shehada: This week, we’re joined by Useful Idiots fan-favorite Muhammad Shehada, the political analyst and writer from Gaza who has guided us through the mirk of corporate media propaganda since the first week of Israel’s genocide…
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It takes Katie and Aaron 30 minutes to debunk every lie in this former Biden official’s 4 minute interview on Israel
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Beat the censors here! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
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Iran Officially REJECTS Trump Negotiators: “There is no reason we should go back to diplomacy.”
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Help us beat corporate media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
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Bad News for Israel and the US: The Houthis Just Joined the Fight.
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Beat the algorithm suppressors. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
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FBI Whistleblower: The US KNEW about 9/11 Attackers in August 2001
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here: Subscribers get Katie and Aaron’s weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media, the Friday Free-for-All: This week…
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“Lying is part of their religion”
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Stop the religious fanatics. Choose the Useful Idiots instead. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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The State of the Strait: Trump officials panic as Iran tightens its grip over the Strait of Hormuz
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Useful Idiots is funded by our listeners. Please consider subscribing to keep our work going! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
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Palestinian-American Psychologist On the Murder Of Her Cousins
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here:
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Settler Terrorists Attacked Three NBC Journalists in the West Bank – Did Meet the Press Cover It?
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Thanks for supporting independent media! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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“Today is D-Day for the economy in Iran”
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Trump “Afraid” After Iran Plans New Attacks, Teams with China w/ Middle East Analyst Sharmine Narwani
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full interview at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: On this week’s show we find out that when you launch an unprovoked...
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House Candidate Oliver Larkin Crashes Monday Mourning with Katie and Aaron
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: It’s a wild episode of Monday Mourning today: we mock Hakeem Jeffries, Todd Blanche, Haley Stevens, Don Bacon and more, all before a special guest appearance by Florida House candidate...
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Iran's New RED LINE Shocks Israel, US Flailing – w/ Sina Toossi
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full interview at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: This week, returning guest Sina Toossi joins us to check in on Trump’s...
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Murdering 2 Birds with 1 Stone: Republicans shill for Israel while ALSO getting to call a Muslim politician a terrorist
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Thanks for supporting our work! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
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Is Trump's New Iran Deal Just A Ploy to Momentarily Bump the Stock Market?
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Katie and Aaron react to Trump’s disastrous war on Iran as GOP senators rush to corporate media in a desperate attempt to hide just how much the US is losing. Plus, this week in…
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The US Weapons Stockpile is NOT Depleted and Anyone Who Says it is Should Go to Prison for Leaking Classified Information
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Useful Idiots relies on support from viewers to keep the show going. Thanks for being part of our community! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
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Jake Tapper's Israel Gotcha BACKFIRES After Perfect Response from Abdul El-Sayed
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: In a desperate attempt to pit progressive stars Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed against each other, Israel-activist Jake Tapper thought he had the perfect...
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The guy who wanted to nuke Gaza and fight Russia to the last Ukrainian is no longer alive
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Senator Lindsey Graham, who was scheduled to appear on Meet the Press Sunday, died suddenly this weekend. The corporate Sunday shows paused everything to heap praise on one of the most...
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Iran Strikes US Bases & Israel’s Secret Nuclear Plot w/ Jeremy Scahill & Sami al-Arian
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Pre-order Aaron’s new book on the Ukraine war “Their Blood, Our Bullets.” To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here: Subscribers get our recap of the craziest in corporate...
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Let's bomb Iran to make sure the ceasefire holds
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: After finally doing one thing to back up his campaign promise of being an anti-war president, has President Trump folded to pressure from Israel and its corporate media stooges to go…
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"The chance of an AI World War is now 50% in the next 30 years"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full interview at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribe to watch our full chat with Robert Wright, author of The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming…
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AIPAC Panics After Zohran Mamdani’s Election Sweep
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full, hour-long interview at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: On this week’s show we look at the Mamdani Sweep in New York…
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The US-Israeli relationship continues to break as the Trump Admin moves forward with Iran deal
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
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BOMBSHELL: JD Vance Turns On Israel After Iran Deal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here: Subscribers get our recap of the craziest in corporate media, the Friday Free-for-All: This week, after months of demanding Iran’s...
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Trump Announces New Peace Deal with Iran, Causing Bipartisan Panic
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Since the beginning of Trump’s war-of-choice on Iran, the administration has been telegraphing its inability to defend US aggression by refusing to let real decision-makers like…
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Rep. Ro Khanna Exposes Israel's Secret PANIC
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: This week we’re welcoming back to the show Useful Idiots fan-favorite...
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Watch Katie and Aaron OWN Trump in Disaster NBC Interview
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: Trump met up with Meet the Press’s Kristen Welker for a literally and metaphorically stormy interview in which he failed to defend his disastrous war on Iran and insisted that he never...
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Israel CAN’T BEAT Iran in Lebanon War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Subscribers get our recap of the craziest in corporate media, the Friday Free-for-All: The Trump Administration just announced their latest achievement: it’s a...
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Trump Accidentally Admits His Strikes Haven't Damaged Iran's Military At All
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: After months of struggling and failing to inflict enough damage on Iran that they reopen the Strait of Hormuz to US ships, Trump is now coming out with a new talking point that he hopes...
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Ukrainian Journalist DESTROYS Zelensky for Nazi Support
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: It’s been a while since we’ve covered the proxy war in Ukraine, so who…
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“WORST CASE SCENARIO” Leaked in Secret Cuba Files—Here’s What They Hid
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com To support our work and go ad-free, click here. Subscribers get our weekly recaps, the Friday Free-for-All: After starting two regime change wars in Venezuela and Iran, Donald Trump is now ramping up his...
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Lindsey Graham: "The Iran War is worth losing my job" (and how to make that happen)
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: From Lindsey Graham’s mouth to God’s ears: when asked on Meet the Press if the Iran War was worth losing the midterms over, Senator Lindsey Graham proclaimed: “It’s worth losing my…
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The Commencement Speech Israel Doesn't Want You To Hear
Thanks for supporting our work! Watch our full, unpaywalled episode here: Subscribers get our weekly recaps, the Friday Free-for-All: It’s another classic Useful Idiots double header! First up we’re speaking with Rami Elghandour, biotech CEO whose company is developing transformative...
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Netanyahu EXPOSED for Sabotaging US-Iran Peace Talks in 60 Minutes Interview
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: From UN Ambassador Mike Waltz all the way up to the top: Benjamin Netanyahu, it was a disastrous affair watching the Sunday Morning News Shows. Katie and Aaron pick apart every lie: why...
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Iran Strikes on US Bases Shock World—Here’s What US & Israel Hid
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe to support our work and get the ad-free version of the episode. Free version here: Subscribers also get our weekly recaps, the Friday Free-for-All: Despite recent attacks from both sides, a…
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Over Two Months Into the War on Iran, The Trump Admin Still Can't Decide If We're At War with Iran
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: “So, we are still at war with Iran?” CBS’ Margaret Brennan asked top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett. “I don’t know what the definition of war is,” responds the smiling...
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Journalist REVEALS Israelis Behind Secret Doxxing War on Americans w/ Mohsen Mahdawi & Jacqueline Sweet
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: “Being anonymous is very important to this group. And they had really good...
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"Tone Down the Rhetoric!" Say US Officials Who Want to Destroy All of Iranian Civilization
Don’t miss our recap of the craziest moments in corporate media: Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here: After a shooting outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, corporate media erupted in fights, with Republicans and CNN hosts alike pointing blame at Democrats for “using heated rhetoric”...
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Iran Forces Israel To Backpedal in Lebanon w/ Mohamad Hasan Sweidan
This interview is not paywalled so it can be heard by everyone. Support our work and get the ad-free version here. Subscribers get Katie and Aaron’s recap of the craziest moments on corporate media this week: This week we’re looking at the latest in Trump’s regime-change war on Iran and how it’s...
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They got money for wars but can't feed the poor
This week, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave an exclusive interview for Meet the Press where he proved that he’s been watching Useful Idiots by reciting Aaron’s favorite lyric: “I wish the words of Tupac from the 90’s weren’t still prescient,” Mamdani told Kristen Welker. “But they continue to be…
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US & Israel PLUMMET Globally After Iran and Cuba Disasters w/ Cuban Diplomat and the Makdisi Brothers
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: We’ve got another Useful Idiots Double Header this week: Second Secretary of...
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“No one is willing to trade lower gas prices for Iran becoming a nuclear state.”
This week, after it went unreported on mainstream media that Israel destroyed a synagogue in Iran, Trump doubled down on the US-Israeli threat to Iranian civilization: “I could take out Iran in one day. In one hour, I could have their entire energy, everything. And the other thing you take out…
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America’s “Strategic WEAKNESS” in Iran w/ Ex-State Dept Official Alan Eyre and Iranian Journalist Séamus Malekafzali
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: This week, after Trump threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilization, he backed down and announced that he was instead...
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Trump Confirms US Armed Anti-Government Protesters in Iran, Accidentally Proving Iran Claim
"Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell," wrote President Trump on Truth Social on Easter as he threatened to destroy more civilian infrastructure in Iran. Targeting civilian infrastructure, of course, is a war crime against international law. But pro-Israel...
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War Analysis: US Threatens Ground Invasion in Iran – No Kings Rally Stays Silent
Come see Aaron speak tonight (March 30) at a panel in Montreal: "The Struggle Continues: The Fight For Palestine Across Borders" Katie and Aaron watched the worst people on the corporate Sunday news shows. They picked out the worst moments from the worst people. And then they watched them all…
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About this show
Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature on-the-road coverage of the 2020 campaign and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of the politics news of the week. Join Katie and Aaron as they examine important stories that have slipped through the cracks and what the media got wrong – and laugh about whatever is left to laugh about.
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